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ENGLAND cricket captain Michael Vaughan, an ardent Sheffield Wednesday fan, was introduced to the crowd before the kick-off and told there would always be a seat for him in the directors’ box. Luckily, on the evidence of this dire Wednesday performance, he will spend a deal of the winter in Pakistan and will be unable to accept the offer.

“After the brilliant performance against Leeds United on Tuesday, people have been ringing me and stopping me in the street to congratulate me,” Wednesday manager Paul Sturrock said afterwards.

“We’ve built them up only to let them down. As a manager it’s hard to put your finger on what went wrong when the same 11 ran out today as did against Leeds.”

The performances of Chris Eagles and Chris Brunt spoke volumes. If Tuesday was sheer inspiration from these young players, yesterday was desperation as Wednesday failed to string together more